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Letters Patent No. 95,9l\6, dated October 19, 1869.

IMPROVED WASRING-MCA(EHIN'IL The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEIGHTY, of Ebensburg, in the county of Cambria, and State ot' Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; 'and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beingv had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates -to a new and useful improvement in machine for washing clothes, and consists in the combination of parts, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing.-

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the machine through the line x x of tig.'2.

Figure 2 is a top or plan View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This machine is composed of a box or tub, A, supported on legs B at each end, which legs are connected together in. pairs, and attached to the box by grooves and tongues, as seen in fig. 2, so `that they may' be readily removed for packing and transportation.

C is the dasher, which is connected with the leverframe D, by means of the triangular metallic .brackets E.

The fulcrum of the lever-frame D is on the crossbar F, which is stationary.

The clothes to be washed are placed in the tub or box A, and the dasher is given a vibrating or reciprocating motion, by pressing down on the lever-frame at the point G.

` The clothes are by this motion squeezed between the dasher G (Tand the side H of the tub.

The dasher is a triangle,gwith the upright portion C" corrugated or serrated, in which part there is a -number of holes, through which the water from the clothes is forced, in the operation of washing.

The lever-frame I) is raised at each stroke, by means of spn'ngs I I, which are attached to the fulcrum-bar F andto the brackets E.

The reaction of the springs will throw and hold the dasher entirely above and clear of the tub, when the cover J is oft` and the slide K is shoved in.

As seen in the drawing, the slide is .drawn out, so that it acts as a stop, and limits the back movement of the dashe.

By forming the brackets and dasher-llame as represented, and placing the fulcrum of the dasher-frame on one side, the tub is left clear and unobstructed, thereby rendering the machine much more convenient and useful than this description of washing-machine has hitherto been Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire Ato secure by Letters Patent- In combination with the triangular bracket E, the sliding stop-plate K, as and for the purpose described.

The above specilication of my invention signed by me, this day of 1869; WILLIAM LEIGHTY.

NVitnesses: y

WM. A. Josas, .SCOTT W. Josas. 

